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In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said on Sunday it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects — even for American citizens. Attorney General Eric Holder said changes may be needed to allow law enforcement more time to question suspected terrorists before they are told about their Miranda rights to a lawyer and to remain silent under interrogation. As the nation debates how to proceed against terrorist attacks, particularly as they have become the work of individuals who are difficult to detect in advance, the administration...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut official has won the right to run for state attorney general after she had to sue herself to prove her qualifications. A superior court judge ruled Wednesday that Democratic Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz (BYE'-suh-wits) had enough experience as a lawyer to run.

Kansas Attorney General Steve Six said he won’t sue Washington to challenge the federal health care reform law. “Based on that extensive analysis, I do not believe that Kansas can successfully challenge the law,” Six, a Democrat, said in a statement released Friday. “Our review did not reveal any constitutional defects, and thus it would not be legally or fiscally responsible to pursue this litigation.” U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Topeka Republican, publicly urged Six to file suit earlier this month; she was later joined by U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt and numerous state lawmakers. Now the question is whether some...

Arkansas State Representatives Bryan King, Dan Greenberg, and Donna Hutchinson spoke at a news conference on how the State of Arkansas can resist IRScare. Around 200 people and most media outlets attended the event. There was also a democrat named John who filmed the event. There was a Q & A session with the press and the audience. Jim Holt, Candidate for U.S. Senate, led a march to Governor Beebe's office. Beebe happened to be leaving his office and was asked questions by the audience. There are 8 videos of this event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQJfgieCpk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rff_yuzyTgkv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnj3cd3xzlM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhbcoo_vu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjH3aQufWM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tN4YT31e6Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvtl-yiDZoI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ8Nq-mNHX4

Quietly, Democratic lawmakers have already moved to make it harder for Attorney General Rob McKenna to spend money suing the federal government over health care. The reaction to the Republican lawman joining a 13-state attack on President Obama's health care bill has come swiftly. Not only are Democrats considering a budget proviso blocking the lawsuit, but McKenna already faces new controls on his spending. Office of Financial Management Director Victor Moore sent a letter Tuesday revoking McKenna's blanket exemption to a freeze on state contracts. The exemption, which Moore had granted days earlier, allowed the attorney general's office to pay...

...Recall that, over the past several months, many citizens of South Carolina have filed with your office complaints of election fraud against various members of both the DNC Services Corporation – Howard Dean; Joseph Sandler; Alice Germond; and The Honorable Nancy Pelosi (in her non-governmental role as Chair of the 2008 DNC Services Corporation Convention) – and the South Carolina Democratic Party – Carol Fowler and Kathy Hensley - charging that they Certified to officials in the South Carolina Election Commission that Barack Obama is a Natural Born Citizen to get them to print his name on our general election...

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli seems determined to use an attack on health care reform to bring us back to the 1830s. To cheers from the Tea Party crowd, Cuccinelli went to court this week to overturn the new law, which he says conflicts with a Virginia statute "protecting its citizens from a government-imposed mandate to buy health insurance." "Normally, such conflicts are decided in favor of the federal government," he said, "but because we believe the federal law is unconstitutional, Virginia's law should prevail." The Republican attorney general's move reveals how far into the past America's New Nullifiers want...

Here is his Thurbert Baker's campaign site.Here are the people running against him.Here is why he refused the Georgia Governors request to sue the Federal Government over the Health Care fiasco.Attorney General Baker Responds to Governor Perdue's Request To Initiate Healthcare Reform LitigationPRESS ADVISORY Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Attorney General Baker Responds to Governor Perdue's Request To Initiate Healthcare Reform Litigation Attorney General Thurbert Baker responded today to Governor Sonny Perdue’s request that he file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Health Care Reform legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives this week. Baker ultimately concluded that...

Attorney General Thurbert Baker told Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday he will not file a federal lawsuit to block federal health care reform legislation signed into law this week. Baker, a Democrat seeking his party’s nomination for governor, told the Republican Perdue that he was “unaware of any constitutional infirmities and do not think it would be prudent, legally or fiscally, to pursue such litigation. I must therefore respectfully decline your request.” Perdue had asked Baker to join more than a dozen other attorneys general from around the country — all of whom are Republicans — to sue to block...

The war against mandated socialist insurance. Lawsuits are being prepared by states and individuals. Michelle Bachman has introduced legislation to repeal HR3590. Some states are passing laws to make their state exempt. The leaders of several states have been fighting the war against socialized insurance for almost a year, but the leadership of Arkansas has been silent. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has announced that he will not file suit to keep Arkansas legally exempt from mandated healthcare. In addition, McDaniel is stalling another Secure Arkansas ballot initiative that would "provide that no law shall directly or indirectly compel a person,...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on March 22, 2010, the State will be joining other states in challenging the health-care reform legislation that passed in the U.S. House last night 219-212. "The federal health care legislation passed tonight violates the United States Constitution and unconstitutionally infringes upon Texans' individual liberties," said Abbott. "To protect all Texans' constitutional rights, preserve the constitutional framework intended by our nation's founders, and defend our state from further infringement by the federal government, the State of Texas and other states will legally challenge the federal health care legislation," Abbott announced. Virginia's Attorney General Ken...

After the U.S. House's historic vote Sunday night passing the health care reform bill, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster issued the following statement: "The health care legislation Congress passed tonight is an assault against the Constitution of the United States. It contains various provisions and federal mandates that are clearly unconstitutional and must not be allowed to stand. A legal challenge by the States appears to be the only hope of protecting the American people from this unprecedented attack on our system of government. The key question involved is whether personal freedom, state sovereignty and constitutional law will survive...

On February 18th at 12:29 PM, Steve Christopher submitted petitions containing approximately 2,750 signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office. The petitions were submitted to place Christopher on the Republican Primary Ballot this May. The signatures on these petitions were obtained by numerous circulators working to seat a common-sense conservative in the State of Ohio Attorney General’s Office. At the time of submission, a receipt for these signatures was given to Christopher. We have a copy of this receipt that can be sent to any media source upon request. The top portion of this receipt was filled out by...

SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Oregon Attorney General John Kroger could be just days away from having the statutory authority to prosecute lenders under the Beaver State's consumer protection laws.

Attorney General Eric Holder says the corralling of Afghan native Najibullah Zazi before he could bomb New York subways proves the Justice Department is well equipped to combat terrorism. Not so fast. Yes, Zazi pleaded guilty Monday in a Brooklyn federal court to assorted terrorism charges -- including conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. The "martyrdom operation" -- a suicide bombing set for last Sept. 14-16 -- was interrupted when Zazi realized the feds were on to him. Now Holder says Zazi coughed up valuable intelligence -- demonstrating that the Justice Department belongs on the front lines in the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Amid dwindling state resources, it will largely be up to California's trial lawyers to enforce consumer protection laws, a leading state lawmaker and candidate for attorney general said.

A 21-year-old New Jersey man accused of kidnapping his 3-month-old daughter and throwing her off a bridge is described by his father as a devout Muslim who prayed regularly and is said to have immediately visited mosques and confessed to an imam following his crime. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, an aspiring lawyer and student at Richard Stockton College, reportedly held a leadership position in the Muslim Student Association at Stockton, according to college senior Zaw Win. The group's member and officer list has been disabled on its website. He was also an intern in Washington, D.C., with the juveniles section of the...

Here is video of former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey saying the "underwear bomber" terrorist is likely to have a good lawyer due to his father having a lot of money...(Video)Mukasey said that a "great opportunity" was missed in not having the terrorist "taken immediately and put in military custody and questioned" to gather intelligence. Mukasey said "this guy was willing to talk, he was babbling like a brook."

You ever notice that President Obama finds a way to blame others every time he screws up or makes a controversial decision? Like during the campaign he threw his grandma under the bus, or when his economic adviser went to Canada to reassure the government that the Senator's bravado about NAFTA was just for effect, Obama said the campaign worker was operating on his own. After his election the Obama blame-game continued. All the problems with the world could be blamed on President Bush, Rush Limbaugh,The Republican Party, Chrysler's evil investors, Wall Street, The Insurance Lobby, Fox News, Israel's Settlements...

Tennessee State Representatives Susan Lynn (R-Lebanon) and Debra Young Maggart (R-Hendersonville) asked Tennessee State Attorney General Robert Cooper to prepare to take the appropriate legal action against the federal government in the event HR 3200, the controversial federal healthcare reform legislation, passes into law. The legislators requested this action in order to grant Tennessee relief from the unfunded mandate contained in the bill that Tennessee complies with the expansion of the federal Medicaid program.